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In a recent interview with GQ, Kobe Bryant couldn't help but imagine what could have been if Chris Paul had come to the Lakers instead of the Clippers. In December 2011, the Lakers and the New Orleans Hornets agreed to a deal that would have sent Paul to the Lakers, Pau Gasol to Houston, and Kevin Martin, Luis Scola, Lamar Odom, Goran Dragic and a first-round pick to New Orleans. But then-commissioner David Stern vetoed the trade. "The Lakers pulled off a trade that immediately set us up for a championship, a run of championships later, and which saved money," Bryant told GQ. "Now, the NBA vetoed the trade. But the Lakers pulled that ... off, and no...

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